Heywoodia
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| Heywoodia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Wielandieae |
| Subtribe: | Astrocasiinae |
| Genus: | Heywoodia Sim |
| Species: | H. lucens |
| Binomial name | |
| Heywoodia lucens | |
Heywoodia is a genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1907.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Heywoodia lucens, native to eastern, southeastern, and southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Cape Province).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas Robertson Sim. 1907. Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 326
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Heywoodia T. R. Sim". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.